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Offline WantToBeeLady

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Managing hives in northern states
« on: July 11, 2016, 04:35:34 pm »
Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a great summer.  Our temperatures have been in the high 80's for sometime now.  Which probably isn't anything compared to our southern and western States.  But I'm in Ohio and I'll take this nice warm weather anytime.  My question today is regarding how to build my new hive up to be sustained through the winter.  Right now I have one hive box with a ten frames.  The girls are running out of room.  All ten frames are packed nd when I go to take a look there is more comb stuck in places it shouldn't be.  If I give them another super will the bees be able to pull the waxed frames before the cold weather begins?  The girls will need to stock pile plenty of food for the winter.  I just didn't want to expand the franchise (so to speak) too soon.

For those of you who have several hives and you know what you're doing.....please be patient with the dummies. ...we all have to start somewhere. I so appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience. 

Thank you
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2016, 05:06:49 pm »
Add a brood box and check for swarm cells.
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2016, 05:10:33 pm »
What he said, plus pull 2 to 4 frames up from the bottom box and put them in the new box. Replace them with foundation frames.

Hey, I'm a newbee, too. I only started in 1976.   ;D
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2016, 05:41:06 pm »
Well said iddee!
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2016, 06:36:53 pm »
What iddee and Ruger said.  I am guessing you are still feeding them and I would continue to do that so that they will draw out comb in the second brood box. 
Planning and thinking ahead is always good.  :yes:
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2016, 08:56:33 pm »
I concur with the above. Here in Nova Scotia we try to overwinter in two deeps, the top one being full of honey.
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2016, 12:52:32 am »
 :agree:  and don't forget to do a mite check
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Re: Managing hives in northern states
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2016, 10:16:01 pm »
a snip...
For those of you who have several hives and you know what you're doing.....please be patient with the dummies. ...we all have to start somewhere.

my comments...
I began keeping bees in about 1962 and as time goes by it is quite evident to me how much I do not know... There are without a doubt things you do know and if you experiment you do discover some things that work and something that do not and on more than one occasion thing that you though worked but later figure out they did not. 

and good fortune in your new adventure WTBL.
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